#72B09B#72B09B

#72B09B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.071 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B09B
RGBrgb(114, 176, 155)
HSLhsl(160, 28%, 57%)
HSVhsv(160, 35%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(35.2%, 0%, 11.9%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(67.27, -24.74, 4.45)
CIE-LCHlch(67.27, 25.14, 169.81°)
OKLaboklab(70.88% -0.0706 0.0114)
OKLCHoklch(70.88% 0.071 170.8)
XYZxyz(28.3790, 36.9930, 36.6490)
Luminance0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B09B #B07287
analogous
#72B07C #72B09B #72A6B0
triadic
#72B09B #9B72B0 #B09B72
tetradic
#72B09B #7C72B0 #B07287 #A6B072
square
#72B09B #7C72B0 #B07287 #A6B072
split-complementary
#72B09B #B072A6 #B07C72
monochromatic
#3C6B5B #52937D #72B09B #99C6B7 #C0DCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#72B09B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40
#72B09B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B09B
8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B09B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B09B1.002.508.408.40
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4021.001.001.00
##0000008.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADA89A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2A19C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#61B1AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 176, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.071 170.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dc8b8',
    500: '#72b09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b09b;
$custom-light: #9dc8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.677,
    "s": 28.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.07147,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B09B
secondary
#CCB2BB
accent
#6384C4
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F2F8F6
border
#CCD1D0
text
#0E1311
muted
#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B09B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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#72B09B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva